Wire harness for hay or other stacks.



No. 761,818. I v v PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

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WIRE HARNESS ,POR'HAY OR OTHER STAQKS.

APPLI OATION PILBD MAR. 22, 1904.

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SAMUEL J. McD ONALD, or GALLATIN, Mrssouni.

I WIRE HARNESS FOR HAY OR OTHER STACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,318, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed March 22, 1904.

To on whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. MCDONALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gal-V latin, in the county of Daviess and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Harness for Hay or other Stacks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. 1 r 7 The present invention has for its object to provide a wire harness to hold in an upright position stands or stacks of hay, fodder, wheat, barley,.oats, and all'class of grains that are stacked out of doors, whereby the same will be protected from wind-storms and enabling any slack in the harness to be taken up as the settling of the stack would require, thus providing a perfect harness that will effectively hold the stack in an upright position against the wind from any direction and can never sway to one side, but settle erect when the harness is applied thereto.

The invention consists in a wire harness for hay and other stacks constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of a hay or other stack, showing my improved harness applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an under side plan view thereof; Fig. 3, a side eleva-- tion of the upright posts, showing the hood in section. p

In the accompanying drawings, X represents a hay or other stack to illustrate the application of my improved harness thereto, and

through the axial center of said stack are the upright posts A B, (shown in detail in Fig. 3 of the drawings,) and above the upper one of said posts isa protecting-hood C, which hood extends over the upper end of the'stack. The postsA B may be of metal, wood, or other suitable material or may be tubular metal posts having a core D of wood of a length to extend below the lower end thereof, so that the projecting end may be sharpened, as shown at a, I

and as it wears the core may be forced down through the tubular post and again sharpened.

Serial No. 199,492. (No man.)

The post B enters the ground any suitable distance, and the pointed end of the post A is inserted through the center of the stack on line with the lower post, the pointed end of the upper post enabling the post to be easily inserted through the hay or grain of the stack. The hood (lis placed over the upper end of the stack and has perforations c, to which the ends of long wire loops E are secured, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the loops crossing each other to increase the tying strength of the harness and more perfectly binding the stack. Loops F engage the lower end of the post B and extend in a horizontal direction and radial v r then extend upward to engage with the tieloops E, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The guy-loops F after passing around the lower end of the'post B extend to the peripheryof the stack and upward to meet the tie-loops E. Thefree ends of each loop, as

indicated at d, are bent over the tie-loops and drawn down tightly'to take up any slack in said tie-loops, thereby completing a perfect harness for the stack and enabling any slack in the harness to be readily taken up through the medium of the guy-loops when found necessary by the settling of the stack. The hood C provides a means for attaching the ends of the tie-loops E and also holds the center post .at top and provides a protecting-shield to preloops may be used and of any length and size to adapt the harness to the size of stack, and I wish it understood that the harness is sus ceptible to many changes or modifications what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wire harness for hay and other stacks IOO comprising a suitable hood,tie-loops connected thereto and extending down over the stack, and guy-loops extending radially under the stack to the periphery or outer side thereof and upward and engaging with the tie-loops, said guy-loops adapted to draw the tie-loops tight around the stack as the same settles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A wire harness for hay and other stacks comprising suitable posts extending axially through the stack, a suitable hood extending over the top of the stack, tie-loops engaging the hood and extending down and around the stack, and radial guy-loops engaging the lower SAMUEL J. MCDONALD.

W'itnesses:

HENRY F. SMITH, J W. ALEXANDER. 

